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• Killing in the name of religion | What's going on in Plateau State (This Day, Lagos, Nigeria)
  
  
• How ethno-religious crisis again shattered Kano | How a demonstration became a riot (Vanguard, Lagos, Nigeria)
  
  
• Madness in the north | The long chain of victims continues to grow by the day, threatening a major humanitarian disaster (Sylvester Asoya, The News, Lagos, Nigeria)
  
  

War & terrorism:

• Hezbollah's passion play | The Hezbollah-backed TV channel, Al Manar, in Lebanon, has adapted the trailer for the film The Passion of the Christ into a station ident reflecting the channel's anger over events in Iraq (BBC)
  
  
• Leaders of many faiths condemn violence in Iraq | Area religious leaders representing Christian, Jewish and Muslim faiths issued a joint statement Monday condemning brutality in Iraq (Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, N.Y.)
  
  
• Should Bush ask Pope's pardon for Iraq war? | Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he should (Reuters)
  
  
• Related: A pope & a president | A meeting of the minds and hearts (Michael Novak, National Review Online)
  
  
• Seeking spirituality amid war | Navy chaplain Joseph Estabrook works with personnel from all services to instill ethical standards (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
  
  
• On war and Christianity | The war in Iraq is putting our Christianity to its toughest test (George Plagenz, Williamson County Review Appeal, Franklin, Tenn.)
  
  
• War sows divide among clergy | Horrific events in Iraq in recent weeks raise questions about the morality of war, the role religion plays in U.S. policy decisions and the need for reconciliation, some Inland and national religious leaders said (The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, Ca.)
  
  
• Sports replace combat in religious warfare | Introducing competitive prayer (Morton Marcus, The Times, Munster, Ind.)
  
  

Prisoner abuse scandal:

• From pulpit, clerics decry Iraq abuse | Soul-searching across the U.S. (Chicago Tribune)
  
  
• Righteous hard to fathom in prisoner abuse | Some experts in human behavior have found common threads among those who stand up to collective wrongdoing (Associated Press)
  
  
• Abuse photos spur Christian peace teams' return to Iraq | Activists say they're willing to die for cause (San Francisco Chronicle)
  
  
• Bush speaks out on Iraq abuse | At Christian college, President says U.S. should show the world its 'good heart' (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Also: Bush points out lesson in prisoner abuse scandal | The president reminds Concordia graduates that failures of character have far-reaching effects (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• On Abu Ghraib and war itself: See through relativism of abuse | If we arrogate the right to kill, it is inevitable that many other dehumanizing abuses will ensue (Earl Martin and Pat Hostetter Martin, The Christian Science Monitor)
  
  

U.S. prison life:

• Improvements to U.S. prisons sought | The spotlight on abuse of detainees at a U.S. military prison in Iraq has spurred hopes that some attention will spill over to prisons stateside, where reformers say get-tough policies and public indifference have let longstanding problems fester (Associated Press)
  
  
• Minister seeks communion wine for inmates | Jesus didn't drink grape juice at the Last Supper. A Wisconsin minister says jail inmates who want to take Holy Communion shouldn't either (Associated Press)
  
  

Crime:

• Minister guilty in attempted grand larceny | The Rev. Carrie Wilson to get a year in jail for pocketing thousands in shelter scam (Newsday)
  
  
• Test of two faiths | A lot of people, it seems, have something to say about a troubled boy and a virgin mother - and about forgiveness and punishment as well (St. Petersburg Times, Fla.)
  
  

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May (Web-only) 2004, Vol. 48